On the way out of the palace, Xie Yue had been suppressing the sound of crying, and it was easy to get out of the palace gate, Xie Yue was afraid that he couldn't help it, so he covered his mouth and ran forward, as if he wanted to flee quickly.

Xie Xuan was so happy that she was deflated, so that Luo didn't dare to let her come to the light in the future.

Slowly walked to the moat, the water surface was sparkling, the willows were hanging low, and when he looked at his carriage under the shade of the willows, he saw a familiar figure standing there - it turned out to be the haunting Han Jue.

He must have just finished his duty again, and he still had the shiny unicorn suit on his body, but he took off his crown and hat, and the Yuehua knife was not on his body. seemed to be surprised by Xie Yue's crying and running into the carriage, as soon as he saw Xie Xuan, he gave a look and asked with his mouth, "What's the matter?" ”

"Disgusted by the princess." Xie Xuan smiled in a low voice and asked, "Why is Brother Yujie here?" ”

"I was about to visit Uncle Xie, and I saw that the carriage in the house was here, so I waited for a while."

This is naturally another trick to wait for the rabbit, Xie Xuan stepped on a low stool and entered the carriage, and saw Xie Yue sitting on his knees in the corner, holding his knees and crying there. When she came today, she was full of anticipation and high spirits, but she was unexpectedly ridiculed and disgusted by the fifth princess, and the more she cried at this time, the more sad she became, and she didn't even pay attention to Xie Xuan when she entered the carriage.

Outside, the coachman raised his whip, and the carriage rolled away, and Han Jue followed with his horse.

Xie Xuan sat for a while, and saw that Xie Yue was still crying there, she hated Luo to the core, and she didn't have any kindness to Xie Yue, so she turned a deaf ear and closed her eyes to recuperate. After raising the god for a long time, he was annoyed by Xie Yue's crying, so he lifted the side curtain to look at the scenery outside, who knew that when he looked out, he didn't see the scenery by the roadside, but he was blocked by a silhouette.

This Han Jue!

His horse kept pace with the cart and walked for a while, always blocking his slender legs and straight waist in front of Xie Xuan. Xie Xuan didn't want to talk to him, so he fell off the curtain angrily and continued to close his eyes and recuperate.

In his ears was Xie Yue's intermittent sobbing, but it was Han Jue's waist dangling in front of him. Every inch of skin on his body was once extremely familiar, with arrow wounds on his waist and scars on his legs, he used to hold her on his legs, husband and wife whispering, and grinding his ears and temples.

These nasty memories!

Xie Xuan turned over irritably, trying to make himself think of something else.

When he returned to Hengguo Mansion, it was already a red sun, Han Jue went to visit Xie Jin, and Xie Xuan went back to Tangli Courtyard with Xie Yue.

Xie Yue ran all the way back with red eyes, and when Xie Xuan arrived, he heard her crying to Luo in the house, "...... They don't like me, and the fifth princess only plays with Xie Xuan......"

Xie Jun was already waiting in the West Cross Courtyard, and when she saw Xie Xuan coming back, she pulled her into the house, "What's the matter, Xie Yue started crying when she came back, saying that you stirred up trouble and asked the fifth princess not to play with her?" ”

"I can believe her words." Xie Xuan pursed his lips, took off his coat and handed it to Fang Zhou, wiped his face with warm water, and then re-groomed it with the help of Konoha, and explained: "The fifth princess was originally held in the palm of her hand by the noble concubine, so naturally she wanted to put herself first in everything, but when the two of them were together today, Xie Yue could still hold it at first, but later when she saw that good things were about to rush in front of the fifth princess, how could the five princesses be happy?" ”

"It's not your fault, I'm just afraid that she will go to the old lady to complain again, but she will wronged you."

Xie Xuan snorted, "She's going to sue, am I still afraid of her?" Today, she grabbed the limelight of the fifth princess in front of King Jin, which made the fifth princess unhappy, and she was revealed, and it was not me who was at fault. ”

waited until it was time for dinner, and Luo and Xie Yue didn't make any noise, presumably because Luo was a man with his tail between his legs, and he didn't dare to cause trouble again.

Only Xie Yue was unhappy, and there were tears in his eyes when he ate, so he didn't complain in the end.

After Xie Zhen asked, Luo also rushed to cover it up, without mentioning Xie Yue's grievances, let alone letting Xie Yue enter the palace.

However, although she suppressed it here, Old Madam Xie may not be unaware of it.

Xie Yue ran out crying after leaving the palace that day, and the accompanying mother-in-law was instructed by the old lady to report it truthfully.

Although the Hengguo Mansion is inheriting the title, the three masters today have no achievements, and Xie Jin, who is in charge, has a ridiculous name, and the mansion can still maintain its current status and glory, most of which rely on the Wan Guifei in the palace, which must not be offended. It was because Mrs. Xie was extra attentive to the matter of Concubine Wan, and asked someone to ask the palace people that day, only to know that it was Xie Yue who made the fifth princess angry.

Where is this!

Old Madam Xie didn't really love anyone, but whoever was willing to flatter her would give someone a few more pieces of candy, although she favored Luo and Xie Yue in the past, but once the matter involved the royal family, it was completely different - compared to the fifth princess, Xie Yue was not worth mentioning at all!

On this day, when everyone went to the Rongxi Pavilion to say hello, Mrs. Xie mentioned the matter and reprimanded Xie Yue heavily, and even the Luo family, who was careful with his tail clipped, was counted, and thought about a few words of defense, but it only attracted more anger.

When the old lady finished reprimanding, she snorted angrily, left the room full of people, and went to the inner room.

Luo's mother and daughter were rarely reprimanded by the old lady like this, and they panicked for a while, and wanted to follow in to explain to the old lady Xie, but they were stopped outside the curtain.

Xie Xuan watched the show mockingly, turned his head to look, and caught a fleeting sneer on Yue's face.

Two people who are in cahoots have infighting? That's definitely a good thing!

*

Within a few days, news came from the palace, saying that the holy driver was going to live in the Yushan Palace, and according to the practice of previous years, he would bring the meritorious ministers and their families to hold hunting and horse races in the palace.

Old Madam Xie in the Hengguo Mansion was old, and the Luo clan was being punished after making repeated mistakes, so it was agreed that the Yue clan would take the sisters there.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, the royal car drove out of the palace and traveled all the way to Yushan.

Yushan is in the northeast of the capital, from the nearest Fuchengmen is more than 20 miles away, just because the emperor's palace was built there, the people within a radius of more than ten miles are moved to other places, the emperor chose the best location to build the palace, surrounded by mountains and rivers, some manors are rewarded to the noble ministers, the place is spacious, the scenery is good, it is really a good place to enjoy the scenery and have fun.

Emperor Yuan Jing is fifty years old, he likes to be lively the most, and he brought the band in the palace along the way, plus the entourage and the guards of the six bureaus relied on, and the flags were already fluttering outside the palace, and the people and horses were busy.

The carriage of the Xie family naturally had to follow the royal car far behind, and after a rest in the manor, he went to the palace.

The palace has doors in the east, west, north and south, and the Yue family walked slowly with Xie Xuan, Xie Jun, Xie Shan, and Xie Jiu sisters, and from time to time they could meet a few familiar people. Luo was still punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall at noon every day, and Xie Yue was reprimanded by Mrs. Xie for angering the fifth princess, so he didn't come this time. As for Xie Pei in the third room, she was as quiet and indifferent as her mother Sui, and she didn't come this time.

In front, Xie Zhen and Xie Wei walked side by side, taking Xie Hong, Xie Ze and Xie Tang.

At this time, it is noon, the noble families of the capital gather in one place, the eyes are silk and satin, gold hairpins and silver hairpins, the men want to receive the banquet alone, but all those who have official ranks have come in court clothes, some of the women want to go to see the queen and the two concubines who came with the car, although they do not have to wear serious Zhai clothes and ribbons, but they are also dressed up in a strict and noble manner, at a glance, it is dazzling.

This Yushan Palace occupies a very wide area, many palace pavilions are arranged with the terrain, and in the middle is a very wide lake, which is called "Yu Lake" with the name of the mountain.

The west side of the lake is the venue for polo and horse racing, the north side is a large wooded hill leading directly to the peaks of Yushan Mountain behind it, which is suitable for hunting, and the south side is some palaces and pavilions within the regulation, and there is a magnificent and spacious waterfront field, which can be used for feasting. On the east side is a piece of beautiful houses, imitating the scenery of flowing water in the south, leading the water of Yuhu Lake over, interspersed with building many independent courtyards, full of emotion.

It was noon, and the weather was fine, and a few thin clouds occasionally drifted by, mixed with the breeze, which made people feel refreshed.

The banquet has already been prepared, and at a glance, the round table with six round stools is laid along the waterfront of Yuhu Lake, and there is no end in sight.

Guanglu Temple specializes in banquets and other matters, and the seats have been divided according to the list reported by each family in advance, and the palace maids and eunuchs have led everyone to sit in an orderly manner.

Xie Xuan walked between the tables and chairs, sighing and sighing.

If you want to say that the world is peaceful and prosperous now, it is really prosperous and rich, beautiful and extravagant, this banquet is given, thousands of people in the family enjoy a royal feast in vain, if it is converted into silver, I am afraid that it will not be light yì more than 10,000?

Emperor Yuan Jing didn't care about his heirs and concubines, but he also did his best to think about this dynasty. Although the eunuchs and the first assistant have gradually grown up over the years, it is really rare that the treasury is rich and the people can live and work in peace and contentment.

Just thinking of everything after King Yue ascended the throne in the future, the smile on Xie Xuan's lips narrowed a little.

In this life, she wants to protect herself, and she also wants to protect Xie Tang. In the previous life, the Hengguo Mansion was finally raided by the King of Yue, which was caused by the second uncle, and if Xie Tang could inherit the family business in this life, he naturally could not ask the second uncle to go with the King of Yue, which would cause a catastrophe.

In fact, Xie Xuan was even more looking forward to King Yue's accident and not asking him to ascend the throne. But she has a teenage daughter's family, and it is difficult to protect herself, how can she have the ability to reverse these?

Fortunately, it will take more than ten years for King Yue to ascend the throne, and it is uncertain what will happen in the middle.

Xie Xuan can only solve the current predicament first.

The ladies sat down in turn, and there was a lack of one person on the table of the five ladies of the Xie family, and it was Han Caiyi who arranged it-

Han Caiyi's mother, Mrs. Han, is a serious and well-appointed Mrs. Hou, so she naturally has a different table arrangement. She has a sister who is out of the house, but she is as silent and gentle as Xie Shan, and she won't go out, and she didn't come this time.

Because the two families are world friends, Han Caiyi sat with them, naturally happy, and after greeting the Yue family and the sisters, Han Caiyi sat with Xie Xuan, holding her hand, "See you again." ”

Xie Xuan smiled, only to hear Yue's ask, "Caiyi, your mother is here too, right?" ”

"Well, she's over there—" Han Caiyi pointed to the place where the ladies gathered, and said with a smile: "My mother is still talking on the road, saying that she hasn't seen her for a long time, and she misses it very much." ”

"It's true that I haven't seen you for a long time, so I'll have to talk about it for a while."

The celebrant at the top of the room announced the feast, and after a set of cumbersome rituals, the feast began.

When the banquet is over, the emperor naturally wants to rest today, so he calls everyone to disperse, and comes to the night banquet again in the evening - Emperor Yuanjing personally led the troops to fight in the north when he was the prince in his early years, and saw the situation that the Tiele people lit a bonfire on the grassland at night to roast mutton, although they could not be copied in the capital, but they could not hold back, and they imitated this form to open a night banquet, and the bonfire palace lamp was lit up, accompanied by singing and dancing, and it was also lively.

Here the Yue family and the others sat for a while, and then saw Mrs. Han looking for Han Caiyi under the guidance of the little inner supervisor.

Seeing the girls of the Yue family and the Xie family, Mrs. Han smiled on her face, greeted each other with the Yue family, and praised the girls again, what Xie Jun's dignified and generous, Xie Shan's suppleness and delicateness, Xie Jiu's beauty and colorfulness, and Xie Xuan's beauty and exquisiteness.

At the end, Mrs. Han sat on the stool and took Xie Xuan's hand, "Xuan Xuan is all right now, right?" My grandfather came back to China in person, but I was worried, but I was busy in the past few months, and although I went to the house twice, I didn't see you, which is really worrying. ”

Xie Xuan stood in front of her like a little wood, and said, "Mrs. Xie cares." ”

"Look at this child's politeness," Yue smiled, "If it weren't for the lack of fate, you should call her a mother in the future." ”

Xie Xuan lowered his head and pouted secretly.

Amitabha, fortunately, fate is not enough, she rarely lives again, and she doesn't want to be a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with Mrs. Han at all! In her previous life, Mrs. Han's secret troubles were vivid, and she knew very well that this woman was more unpleasant to her than Mrs. Xie, although her heart was not as vicious as Yue's, but under the continuous tossing, it was also exhausting and depressed.

Be a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with her? That's total torture!

Between the ups and downs of her heart, Xie Xuan was afraid that people would see her feelings, so she took Xie Jun's hand and walked slowly.

Han Caiyi next to her sensed that something was wrong with her and asked, "Are you uncomfortable?" ”

"Maybe I drank too much tea just now." Xie Xuan turned his head and smiled at her, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Han Jue walking over. He is only on duty at the banquet today, and he can rest until tomorrow morning after the banquet, and this time he has changed out of the unicorn suit of Tsing Yiwei, and only wears a summer coat of dark pattern brocade, with ink-colored soap boots under him, and a finely carved copper hairpin on the top of his head, the whole person is slender and straight, and the spirit is vigorous.

When Mrs. Han saw him, she said, "Finally free?" ”

"Mother, Second Lady." Han Jue bowed, and his eyes naturally fell on Xie Xuan and Han Caiyi, "Tang Lingjun just caught a lot of turtledoves, and they are going to roast and eat, let's go together?" ”

Xie Xuan was about to refuse, but Han Caiyi had already taken her hand and said happily: "Okay! ”

In front of him, the Yue family and Mrs. Han smiled lovingly, and Xie Xuan felt embarrassed when she looked at Mrs. Han's face. Looking at this situation, I'm afraid that the second lady really wants to talk with Mrs. Han, and it will inevitably take her to accompany her when the time comes, which is simply torture! Rather than looking at the faces of these two ladies with disgust, it is more interesting to roast turtledoves.

Xie Xuan turned his head and asked Xie Jun, "Sister, are you going?" ”

Xie Jun didn't plan to go, after all, she was the one who was going out of the cabinet, and it was not good to mess around with a group of children. It's just that Xie Xuan can't rest assured, thinking that it's better to go over and relax, so he said: "Then I'll accompany you over, are the second and third sisters going?" ”

"Let's not go." Xie Jiu and Xie Shan are the same.

Xie Shan has always been silent and low-key, and she didn't dare to mess around in front of the second lady, but Xie Jiu was arrogant and conceited, so she disdained to do such a boring thing as roasting turtledoves with naughty children! So the sisters followed Yue and Mrs. Han and walked all the way talking and laughing.

Here Xie Xuan, Xie Jun and Han Caiyi followed Han Jue to the north of the woods, Han Caiyi couldn't hold back, "Brother, do you know what to do at tonight's night banquet?" ”

"It's nothing more than lighting a bonfire with palace lanterns, singing and dancing for fun."

"I see there are a lot of boats on the shores of Yu Lake."

"Then swim in the lake." Han Jue tilted his head and told Xie Xuan and Han Caiyi, "It's too dangerous to swim in the lake at night, you and Xuan Xuan are both small, don't run around alone, you have to ask me to follow." ”

Xie Xuan pursed his lips, "I won't take a boat!" He took Han Caiyi and ran two steps to the front.

Han Jue smiled, and said to Xie Jun again: "There are many people tonight, if it is not necessary, it is better not to take a boat, you persuade Xuan Xuan." Xie Jun was not as easy as Xie Xuan to temper Han Jue, and after a little thought, he felt that Han Jue's repeated admonitions might have a hidden reason, so he said, "Please rest assured." ”

*

Tang Lingjun caught more than 20 turtle doves, in addition to two rabbits.

After Xie Xuan burned the painting of the caterpillar, he had a slight change in his opinion of Tang Lingjun, feeling that although this young man was stubborn, he was also very interesting, looking at the prey that had been packed up in that place, he sighed, "Isn't it tomorrow that you will hunt?" You started so early, and you are not afraid that the emperor will blame you. ”

"I didn't have enough for lunch, and I wasn't allowed to eat some game to pad my stomach?" Tang Lingjun said it rightly.

Xie Xuan was surprised when he heard this, but Han Caiyi was straightforward, "Cousin, you are leading the banquet in front of the emperor, it was all made by the imperial kitchen, and you haven't eaten enough!" Saying that, he shook his head and sighed and teased: "Look at this capable, it turns out that the amount of food is so large, do you have to give you a roast whole sheep outside the gate so that you can eat enough?" ”

"You know what, the Imperial Banquet is simply ...... ......He looked at the people nearby, and then lowered his voice and said, "Suffer." ”

Han Jue seemed to feel the same way, but he didn't say anything, but Han Caiyi was curious: "Why do you say that?" ”

The fire pile under it has been set up, and Han Jue is squatting there to make a fire, Tang Lingjun explained while helping: "The rules are too big, I don't have time to eat." As soon as the emperor said that the banquet would be given, you would stand at the table from afar and thank you, and I had to kneel down to thank you. When the emperor gives wine, tea or a dish, I have to kneel down with everyone to thank them every time, listen to them say a lot of compliments, and the dishes are cold when I get up after thanking them! ”

He was so open-mouthed, which made Han Caiyi giggle, Han Jue glanced at him and admonished, "Don't be too presumptuous." ”

Han Caiyi squinted at Tang Lingjun, still joking, "He dares to steal turtledoves before hunting, what else dare not be presumptuous." ”

Tang Lingjun smiled, still without any intention of restraining.

Xie Xuan only knew that Tang Lingjun's father was a big hero, but he didn't know much about the affairs of Pingyuan Bofu, and when he saw a few of them surrounding the lively roast rabbit and turtledove, he retreated to Xie Jun's side and said curiously: "Sister, how dare he be so presumptuous?" ”

"His father Tang Zhu is a very powerful figure, and later he sacrificed his life for the country, and the emperor has never forgotten it, and he is also very tolerant of Tang Lingjun." Xie Jun is a person who is often ordered by Old Lady Xie, and he knows a lot about these things, so he pulled Xie Xuan to the pavilion and sat down, and talked about it.

"About 20 years ago, although the emperor made great efforts, the disadvantages of the border passes have not been eliminated, and although the people have gradually become rich, they often suffer losses in war. At that time, Tiele had a king of Nanyuan who was extremely brave, and he had to lead people to loot every spring and autumn, and even approached the capital for a time. Almost all of our generals went to the north, but no one could defeat him, and then the emperor was forced to send His Royal Highness the King of Yue to Tiele as a hostage, and promised to send cloth and silver every year. ”

- Actually, it's no different from the Sui Gong, but it's just not so ugly to say.

Xie Xuan nodded, she had heard of the Nanyuan King, in the previous life, the father and son of the Han family were stationed outside Yanming Pass, just to prevent the Tiele man who was said to be fierce and vicious.

Xie Jun continued: "Until about the nineteenth year of Yuanjing, General Tang Zhu defeated the king of Nanyuan for the first time. After that, he became more and more courageous, and he used his soldiers to be ghostly, and he fought bravely and invincible, and he was terrified of the Tiele people. In the second year, His Royal Highness King Yue was able to return to the court because of him, and the waist pole of our court was also raised. In the following years, he was stationed at Yanming Pass, and not only the Tiele people, but also the small countries in the west were deeply afraid of his prestige. Without the worries of the border gates, and the emperor is diligent in managing the government, only then can the people live and work in peace and contentment, and no one dares to bully them. ”

"Then why did he die again?"

"No one can say clearly, Yuan Jing was only twenty-seven years old when he was twenty-five years old, and he was in the prime of life, but unfortunately he died on the battlefield, which is very regrettable. However, he was stationed in Yanming Pass for six or seven years, and brought out an invincible iron horseman, and the king of Nanyuan led his troops to invade the territory after he died in battle, but he was defeated and returned, and almost lost his life, and no one dared to make a mistake after that. ”

Xie Jun said that those iron-blooded agitations, his expression was full of admiration, "General Tang Zhu is a rare general in these hundreds of years, he was born recklessly, and after he died in battle, he was posthumously awarded the title, and unlike other posthumous titles, this can be hereditary." The emperor has been thinking about him for so many years, so Tang Lingjun is particularly taken care of. ”

"No wonder Tang Lingjun has no ......fear," Xie Xuan sighed in his heart, turned his head to look at the group of people who were roasting turtledoves, and saw that Tang Lingjun just stood up, holding a freshly baked turtledove in his hand.

He is dressed as an ordinary noble son, with a jade pendant hanging from the brocade belt around his waist, which makes him even taller, and the vitality of the young man is mixed with that naughty smile, like an unruly wind in the four wilds, and his demeanor is casual.

Xie Xuan and Xie Jun were already sitting downwind, and the fragrance wafted over, which was really attractive. She hadn't planned to eat it, but she couldn't help but be moved by the smell of the fragrance, thinking about whether to go over and bake one.

Over there, Tang Lingjun had already walked over to her, holding the baked turtledove in his hand, still grinning happily as before, "Hey, I scared you that day, send a turtledove to make amends today." ”

Before he walked up to Xie Xuan, Han Jue also walked over with a turtledove behind him, looking at that expression, it was clear that he also wanted to give Xie Xuan a taste first.